1. وعش سالما ما رنّحت بانة صبا

    وما سبَّحت في السحب ألسِنَة الرعدِ

    And live safe and sound as long as the east wind sways a bān tree,

    And as long as thunder's tongues sing praises in the clouds.

  2. تصاحب أعمار الزمان محسدا

    وتسحب أذيال السعادة والمجدِ

    You keep company with the ages of Time, much envied,

    And trail the hems of happiness and glory.

  3. تعيد الذي تبدي من الخير دائما

    وكم من كريم لا يعيد ولا يبدىِ

    You always repeat the good you first bestow,

    And many a noble man neither repeats nor begins it.

  4. وتشربها حمراء كالورد قهوةً

    يعبر رياها عن العنبر الوردِ

    And you drink it, a wine red as roses,

    Its fragrance speaks of rose-hued ambergris.

  5. لها حبب كالعقد عند مزاجها

    تطوف بها سمراء تبسم عن عقدِ

    It has bubbles like a necklace when it is mixed;

    A brown-skinned woman carries it round, smiling to reveal a necklace of teeth.

  6. يلوم عليها فارغ من صبابتي

    فلا قلبه قلبي ولا وجده وجدي

    One untouched by my yearning reproaches me over her,

    For his heart is not my heart, nor his passion mine.